Rams' defense stuffed Kowboys' run game and forced a key fumble

But the underdog Rams (2-0) hardly looked like they were lacking in manpower in a 20-17 upset of Kissimmee Osceola (1-1).

Lake Mary dominated the first half against the No. 2 team in Class 7A and then withstood a Kowboys comeback to win in dramatic fashion. Backup kicker Tyler Crenshaw knocked through an 18-yard field goal with 29.5 seconds to go for the victory.

The loss snapped Osceola's 18-game regular season win streak.

Lake Mary had a choice to make with fourth-and-goal from inside the 1 yard line and opted to put the ball on the tee for Crenshaw, it's starting punter.

"We could have gone either way there," said Rams coach Scott Perry. "He made one [field goal] before that, so we went with it."

Crenshaw kicked in the place of Ben Holmes, who was injured in Lake Mary's preseason Kickoff Classic.

His game-winner followed a huge forced fumble Rams linebacker Trent Lowery jarred loose at the end of a 15-yard run by Osceola's Akiel Hamilton.

Lake Mary recovered at the Osceola 23 with 1:51 to go and moved closer on runs of 15 and 9 yards by freshman Marquise Mickens, who totaled 73 yards.

Junior quarterback Daniel Brown rushed for a game-high 104 and made good reads and big plays all night.

The Rams stuffed Osceola's running game and harassed the Kowboys into incompletions on eight of their first 10 pass attempts.

Osceola's Dwight Fagan, who ran for an area-leading 248 yards last week, was limited to 38 on 14 carries.

Lowery credited new Lake Mary defensive coordinator Zack Barr.

"His game plans have been fantastic," Lowery said. "He tell us what we have to do and we follow the script."

Daequan Harrison passed to Santiago Hoffman and Hamilton for the Osceola scores. The Kowboys pulled into a tie on a Joey Marsh field goal after Fagan threw a 56-yard halfback pass to Joey Casillas.

The victory will vault No. 13 Lake Mary further up the Sentinel Super 16 rankings. Osceola was No. 4.

Perry said Torres, a 270-pound FSU commit, should be back from injury when the Rams open district play, Sept. 20, at DeLand following an open week.